Sealing lock and door starter



Jan. 26 1926- 1,571,159

l E. PossoN SEALING LOCK AND DOOR STARTER Filed Jan. 28, 1922 2Sheets-Sheet 1 da Zzzwgfdpmoh jaa. 26 1926.

E. POSSON SEALING LOCK AND DOOR. STAR'TER Filed Jan. 28, 1922 2Sheets-Sheet 2 sie Patented Jan. 26, '1926.

NETE@ EDWARD POSSON, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SEALING LOCK AND DOOR STARTER.

Application filed January 28, 1922.

.To all wlzom t may concern.'

s Be it known that I, EDWARD PossoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sealing Locks and DoorStarters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for operating thedoors of railway cars and the like, where it is desirable to use meansfor effecting a positive movement of the door and lfor securing thelocking mechanism -in position.

The rincipal object of the invention is to provide means for locking thecar door either in closed or partially open position. A further objectis to provide improved operating mechanism for effecting a posi tiveinitial openingI movement of the door and a positive final closingmovement thereof. further object is to provide improved door ,operatingmechanism in combination with improved means for locking it in positionon'the car wall. Other objects relate to 'various features ofconstruction and arrangepient which will appear more clearly herematter.

The nature of the invention will be understood fromlthe followingspecification taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich one embodiment is illustrated.

ln the drawings-- Figure l shows a partially enlarged side elevation ofa car wall and car door with the invention applied thereto;

2 shows a horizontal section, taken en the line 2--2 of Fig. 1,illustrating a top plan view of the invention.

F 5:5 is a detail sectional view, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1,looking-in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view, take-non the line 4 4 of Fig. 1,lookingin the direc.-V tion of the arrows;

Fig. 5 shows a perspective view door-operating lever;

Fig. 6 shows a partial side elevation of a railway car having thepresent invention applied thereto;

Fig. 7 is a detail vertical section, taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. l,looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the locking bracket or casing which isSecured to the door iamtb; and.

l of i the Serial Noi. 532,514.

Fig. 9 shows a perspective view of the locking bolt.

The invention is shown in connection with a car door 10 vadapted toclose the usual door opening in the side walls 11 of a railway car. Theupper edge of the door travels in a guldeway 12 secured to the car wall,and the'lower part of the door has brackets or hangers 13 securedthereto and carrying rollers which travel on the horizontal track 14 andsupport the door in its movement. Handles 15 are secured to the door forpermitting convenient operation thereof. The door is also reinforced byhorizontal bars 16", which are secured thereto adjacent its upper andlower edges. The leading edge of the door is adapted to seat against adoor jamb 18, which is secured to the outer side of the usual door post19, extending vertically at the side of the door opening. The face 18aof the door jamb is offset from the inner face of the door post, so thatthe edge of the door is adapted to overlap the door post, as shown at20. The inside sheathing 21 and the outside sheathing 22 of thev carwall are secured to the door post in the usual manner, and a fillerplate 23 is inserted between the outside sheathing and the door jamb, asshownparticularly in Fig. 2. A metal plate 24 is secured to the outerface of the door jamb 18 and extends vertically thereof, being arrangedto project beyond the face 18a of the door jamb, thus forming a verticalguideway to receive the leading edge of the door.

The door 10 is operated by a lever 25, having an aperture 26, which ispivotally -engaged by a pin 27 which p asses through the outer flange28a and the inner plate 281 of the bracket 28. This bracket is securedto the car door by means of rivets29, and the plate 28b of the bracketis preferably seated on the outerv side ofthe horizontal reinforcing bar30, which extends longitudinally of the door throughout itsy width,asshown in Fig. 6. y The aperture 26 in the lever 25 is A vertical flange37 exten-ds inwardly from the lever adjacenttheaperture 32, and twoother flanges 37 extend inwardly from the lever adjacent the aperturefor purposes hereinafter described.

The lever is adapted to engage a locking bracket or casing 40, whichseats upon the outer side of the plate 2 4, secured to the door jamb.This bracket comprises a base plate 41, which seats upon theverticalplate 24, being provided with a downwardly extending flange 4laand a laterally extending flange4lb which have apertures 42 and 43therethrough respectively, adapted to be. engaged by bolts4 and 4,5,respectively, which extend inwardly through theV door jainb and throughthe door post. This bracket is further provided with two outwardlyextendingy bosses; 46' and 47,V which have vertical. alining apertures,48Y and 4t?, of rectangular cross section, extending therethrough, Thesebosses are spacedapart vertically to-l'eavean intervening; slot, ornotch 50 adapted to receive the lever 25, andthe alining apertures 48land 49' are adapted to` receive a, vertically slidable locking member5l,lwhich may engage either-one of the apertures 32 or 313 formed,through the lever.

The lockingy member 5l has` an outwardly turned' flange 52 atv the upperend, thereof,

which overlaps the upper boss-.46 and limits the downward, movemento't', the bolt. The

locking member is also provided with a, longitudinalslot 53,. adaptedyto bey engaged1 by the bolt 54 which extends through. apertures 55 inthey walls of the boss 46 and.

thence horizontally through the door post and jamb, as shown in Figs. 4`and' 7.. The

base plate 41 ofthe casing 40has a vertical flange 56 projectingoutwardly from the inner edge thereof between the bosses 46l and'47.

Zhen the aperture 321 in the lever 25 is engaged by the locking member51 the flange 37 of the lever engages the inner side 56a ofthe flange56, thus-.holding the door against movement and releasing the, strainyupon` the locking member 51.. their the aperture 33 in the lever Luvisengagedby the locking member 5L, thus lioldinglthe door in a partially openv position, ther 'flanges 3S., ofthe lever engage tlieopposite sidesott-he. flange 5 6, and' thus. piovide av rigid connectionbetween thecasing 4Q" and the locking lever when the door is in tllat; pQStiOll-The locking member may` he secured in its downward position by meansofthe usual` car seal 5,7which engages the slots. 5.8 in the side wallsof; the bpss47, and a similar slot 59 which passes through the lowerpart. ot they member 5l. TheA lower portion -ojt the locking4 member is.also provided with an aperture 6.0,,whichintersectsthe slot 59, and anopening- 61 is provided in the, outer wall off the boss: 47'toVregister, with the opening when the member 5l is in its lower position,so that access can be had to the )arts of the car seal within the boss47, for convenience in removing the parts ot a broken seal, for example.A more secure locking of the member 5l may be etl'ected by means of apadlock 62 which is adapted to engage registering apertures in the ears63 and 64, which are formed on the casing 40 and the member 5l,respectively.

The positive opening and closing movementsot the door, when it is nearthe door post, are ettected through the upwardly extending arm 65l otthe lever 25. This arm extends between the flanges 66 of a rod 67, andyis pivotally connected thereto by means of a bolt or rivet 68. The web69, which unites the tlanges 66, is V-shaped in cross sectiomas shown inFig. l, so that it engages the inclined arm 65 and prevents the downwardswinging of' the rod (il. This rod is provided.` with an enlarged head67a having;

a notch or recess cut in the-under side thereof, adapted to engage theboss 7l formed on the upper part of the casing 40 around the aperturewhich is engaged by the bolt 54. Then the notch in the rod engages thisboss an operating connection is 'formed between the rigid door post andthe pivot of the lever 25, so that when rthis lever is swung outwardlyfrom the notch 50 ot the casing 40, after upward movement ot thelockingA member 5l to the extent permitted by the slot 53, the pivotalmovement ot thc lever thenV operates to eliect a positive movement` olithe door toward or away 'l'rom the door jamb.

When the door is in apartially open position the rod 67 is supported inposition .substantially parallel. to the lever 25 by a V- shaped web69resting on the arm 65 oi the lever. Then the door reaches a positionnear the door post, the rod 67 can be swung up 'ardly from the lever tocause the notch 70' thereof to engage the boss 7l, whereupon anupwardswinging of the lever will effect a positive movement of the door towardthe door jamb. In a similar way the downward swinging of the lever, withthe notch 70 engaging the boss 7l, will effect a positive movement oi''the door away from the door jamb.

Although l have shown and described one form ot' the invention forpurposes ot' illustration, it will be unuerstood that it may beconstructed in various other embodiments without departing 'from thescope oit tu appended claims.

1.,In an operating and locking mechanism for a door member having atrame membei` associated therewith, the combination with an operatingelement movably mounted on one ot said members; ot means swingable in aplane substantially parallel. tothe plane lll of the door for detachablyconnecting said ojperating elem-ent to the other member; and independentmeans for locking said operating element to said last named member in aplurality of positions to hold the door either in partly open or tightlyclosed position.

2. In an operating and locking mechanism for a door member having aframe member associated therewith, the combination with an operatingelement movably mounted on one of said members; of means for detachablyconnecting said operating element to the other member; independent meansfor locking said operating element in a plurality ot different positionsto hold the door member either in partly open or tightly closedposition; and means associated with said operating element and saiddetachable means for maintaining the latter in predetermined positionwhen the door is partly open.

In combination, a frame member, a door, an operating member secured tosaid door, a locking member engaging said operating member forconnecting it to said frame member, said operating` member having` apart projecting therefrom, and means attached to said frame member forengaging said projecting part.

4. In combination, a frame member, a door, an operating member securedto said door, a locking member engaging said operating member forconnecting it to said frame member, said operating member having a pairof flanges projecting therefrom, and a plate secured to said framemember and adapted to project between said fianges when said operatingmember is engaged by said locking member.

5. In combination, a frame member, a door, an operating member connectedto said door and having a plurality of apertures therethrough, a lugprojecting from said operating .member adjacent each aperture, a casingconnected to said frame member, a locking member mounted in said casingand adapted to enga-ge any one of said apertures in said operatingmember, and a flange projecting from said casing and adapted to engagethe lug adjacent the engaged aperture.

(i. In combination, a frame member, a door, an operating memberpivotally mounted on said door and having an aperture therethrough, acasing secured to said frame member, a lookin member slidably mounted insaid casino' and adapted to engage said aperture, said casing and saidlocking inember having apertured parts to be engaged by a padlock.

7. In combination, a frame member, a door, an operating leverconnectedto said door and having an aperture therethrough, a casing mounted onsaid frame member and having a recess adapted t0 receive said operatingmember, and a locking member slidably mounted in said casing and adaptedto engage the aperture in said lever, said locking member and saidcasing having alining apertures adapte-d to receive a car seal, saidcasing and said locking member having other apertured parts adapted toreceive a padlock.

8. In an operating and locking mechanism for a door member having aframe member associated therewith, the combination with an operatingelement movably mounted on one of said members; of rigid means fordetachably connecting said operating element to the other member; andindependent means for locking said operating element to said last namedmember in a plurality of different positions to hold the door either inpartly opened or tightly closed position.

9. In an operating and locking mechanism for a door member having aframe member associated therewith, the combination with an operatingelement movably mounted on one of said members for opening and closingsaid door member; of means for locking said operating element in aplurality of different positions to hold the door member either inpartly opened or tightly closed position, said means including a brackethaving elements between which said operating member is adapted to bedisposed and a locking pin co-operating with said bracket and saidoperating element.

10. In an operating and locking mechanism :for a door member having aframe member associated therewith, the combination with an operatingelement movably mounted on one of said members; of means for detachablyconnecting said operating element to the other member whereby said doormember may be moved in an opening or closing direction; and means forlocking said operating element to hold the door in tightly closedposition, said means being arranged to lock said operating membersubsequent to its movement in a door opening direction to lock the doormember in partly open position.

In testimony whereof, I have Subscribed my name.

EDWARD POSSON.

